Awards & Accolades

Awards and accolades have been an important part of the Orchid success story. Over the years, Orchid has received many awards and accolades in recognition of its pioneering achievements.

• General Awards

  Orchid was awarded as the Top Indian Public Limited Company in Patent at the 5th National Intellectual Property Award 2013, organized by CII in partnership with the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion and Indian Intellectual Property Office, Government of India.

  
  

  Orchid Research Laboratories Limited (ORLL), the wholly-owned drug discovery subsidiary was conferred the Frost & Sullivan Award for Partner of Choice in Contract Research – Collaborative Drug Discovery in 2007.

  
  

  Orchid was awarded the Employer-Employee Relation Award in the Large Scale Industry category by the Rotary Club of Madras South West in 2006.

  
  

  Orchid was awarded the prestigious ‘Partner of Choice for Competitive Excellence’ Award by Frost & Sullivan in 2005.

  
  

  In 2002 Orchid was awarded the MMA Award for Managerial Excellence in the Manufacturing sector by the then Governor of Tamil Nadu, Hon’ble Shri. PS Ramamohan Rao.

• Performance / Quality Awards

  Orchid received EXIM Achievement Award 2012 for its meritorious export performance by The Tamil Chamber of Commerce, Chennai.

  
  

  Orchid was conferred with the Export Excellence Award 2010-11 by MEPZ – Special Economic Zone, Government of India.

  
  

  Orchid received EXIM Achievement Award 2011 for its meritorious export performance under the category Air Exports by The Tamil Chamber of Commerce, Chennai.

  
  

  Orchid was conferred the Gold Patent Award for the year 2010-11 in recognition of its commendable contribution to R&D in Drug Discovery Sector by the Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council. The award was presented by Shri. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

  
  

  Orchid’s manufacturing facility located in Aurangabad (Maharashtra) was honoured with the Facility of the Year Award 2009 (Regional Excellence Category) by ISPE, Interphex and the Pharmaceutical Processing magazine.

  
  

  Orchid was awarded the EXIM Achievement Award 2007-08 for its meritorious export performance by the Tamil Chamber of Commerce, Chennai.

  
  

  In 2003, Orchid was awarded the Gold Award for Excellence and Business Prestige at the Quality Summit 2003, New York.

  
  

  Orchid was awarded the trophy for Excellent Performance in Exports for 1998-99 from the then Prime Minister of India, Hon'ble Atal Behari Vajpayee held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.

  
  

  Orchid received the Industrial Economist’s Business Excellence Award 1996-97 for meritorious performance.

  
  

  Orchid has been consecutively awarded the CEU Export Award for its commendable export performance in 1994-95, 1995-96 and 1996-97.

  
  

  Orchid was awarded the Trophy for meritorious performance in exports for the year 1995-96, by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India and the award was given by the then President of India, Shri. Shankar Dayal Sharma.

  
  

  Orchid was selected by The All India Manufacturers Organisation (Tamil Nadu State Board) for the Visvesvaraya Industrial Award for its performance during 1995-96.

• CSR Awards

  Orchid’s social responsibility initiatives were honoured by the Tamil Nadu Government with the Award for Corporate Social Responsibility for the year 2008-09.

  
  

  Orchid was awarded the Environment & Community Service Award 2003-04 by the Rotary Club of Madras.

  
  

  Orchid was adjudged as the Best Corporate Citizen for the year 2000 and was awarded the prestigious, "Mother Teresa Award", by the Loyola Institute of Business Administration in 2001.

• Environment Awards

  Orchid was awarded IGCW – 2011 Green Innovation Award for the outstanding research in the field of Green Chemistry & Engineering in 2011.

  
  

  Orchid was conferred the Shrishti Good Green Governance (G3) Award in 2011. The award was presented by Mr. Salman Khurshid, Minister of Water Resources & Minority Affairs, Government of India.

  
  

  In 2010, for "Outstanding Achievement in Environment Management in the Chemical sector", Orchid was conferred with the Silver Award by Greentech Foundation.

  
  

  Orchid was awarded the "Siemens Ecovatives-IBN Live Award 2010" in recognition of our outstanding initiatives in Energy Management (Low Energy and Natural Resource Conservation).

  
  

  In 2010, Orchid’s Alathur API facility received the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Certificate of Merit on Energy Efficiency by the Ministry of Power, Government of India.

  
  

  Orchid’s endeavour in the area of energy conservation was recognised with the “Excellent Energy Efficient Unit” in the 9th Energy Efficiency Summit 2010 organised by the CII (Confederation of Indian Industries). This award was recently presented by Mr.Ajay Mathur, Director General of Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, and Government of India.

  
  

  Orchid’s Aurangabad facility received the Dr.R J Rathi Award for Environment Pollution & Control in industries in Maharashtra for the year 2010 (constituted by Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce Industries & Agriculture, Pune).

  
  

  Orchid’s endeavor in the area of Environmental Excellence was recognised with the TERI Corporate Award for Environmental Excellence 2009. The award was presented by the Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil.

  
  

  In 2008, Orchid’s Alathur Unit was conferred with the National Energy Conservation Award 2008 (Drugs & Pharmaceuticals sector) by the Ministry of Power, Government of India.

  
  

  Orchid was awarded the Good Green Governance Award 2007 in the Manufacturing (non-metallurgical) category by the Srishti Group of Publications.

  
  

  Orchid’s world-class Environment Management Systems were conferred with yet another accolade in 2003, i.e., MS Swaminathan Award for Environment Management.

  
  

  In 2003, Orchid’s remarkable achievements in the area of environment protection were recognized with the 'Golden Peacock Award'.

  
  

  Orchid’s Alathur facility was awarded the prestigious Excellent Energy Efficient Unit award, a National Award for Excellence in Energy Management by the CII in 2002 as well as in 2001.

  
  

  Orchid was nominated among India’s Greenest Companies listing by the Business Today magazine in 2001.

• Safety Awards

  Orchid's Alathur facility was awarded Certificate of Appreciation by the National Safety Council of India (Safety Awards - 2011) in recognition of its appreciable achievement in Occupational Safety & Health during the assessment period of three years from 2008-10.

  
  

  In 2011, Orchid received the "Green Tech Gold Safety Award" by Greentech Foundation. The award was presented by Dr RK Srivastav, Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Gov of India  and Mr Kamaleshwar Sharan, President, Greentech Foundation.

  
  

  Orchid’s Alathur facility received the Greentech Safety Award 2010 (Silver award) in pharmaceutical sector for outstanding achievement in Safety Management given by Greentech Foundation.

  
  

  Orchid was awarded the "Certificate of Merit Award" for 2010 by the CII for Excellence in Environment, Health and Safety.

  
  

  Orchid was awarded the Certificate of Merit for Excellence in Management of Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) for the year 2008 by the Indian Chemical Council (ICC).

  
  

  Orchid has been awarded the “Leadership & Excellence Award in Safety, Health, and Environment & Manufacturing” by the CII in 2002.